Selected global flood preparation and response lessons: implications for more resilient Chinese Cities

Chan，F. K.S.1,2,3; Wang，Zilin1; Chen，Jiannan4; Lu，Xiaohui5; Nafea，Taiseer5,6; Montz，Burrell7; Adekola，Olalekan8; Pezzoli，Alessandro9; Griffiths，James10; Peng，Yi11; Li，Pengfei4; Wang，Juanle12

2023-09-01

10.1007/s11069-023-06102-x

Natural Hazards   Impact Factor & Quartile

0921-030X

1573-0840

Urban populations are rising globally, and more extreme climate events are occurring, which means more people are exposed to flood hazards such as pluvial, fluvial, coastal and compound floods. Cities located in flood-prone areas beside coasts, rivers, or both are at risk because such extreme events are often coupled with insufficient drainage capacity to offload peak discharge and withstand the surge levels. Further, the combined drivers of non-climatic factors, such as increasing urbanisation and social-economic development, and climatic drivers such as increasing extreme rainfall patterns, storms, surges, and global mean sea-level rise are unstoppable. This makes it problematic to continue to rely on improving flood protection to secure resilience. This review focuses on the lessons from recent major flood events in Europe, S Asia, E Asia, Australia, America and Africa, including the causes of the events and the post-flood responses. These responses and options are core values to understand both the importance of addressing flood resilience, by responding to floods and the explicit ways to improve risk communication among stakeholders, administration and the public which seem to be the keys to minimising flood impacts on communities. Given the continuous growth of human exposure, we suggest an urgent call for authorities to enact better flood preparation and response strategies in their flood disaster risk reduction plans and policies. This review provides implications for improving the resilience of Chinese cities and elsewhere.

Flood Global cities Preparation and resilience Response

SCI

English

Corresponding

China Knowledge Centre for Engineering Sciences and Technology[CKCEST-2022-1-41];

Geology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences ; Water Resources

Geosciences, Multidisciplinary ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences ; Water Resources

WOS:001037156700003

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1.School of Geographical Sciences,University of Nottingham Ningbo China,Ningbo,315100,China
2.Water@Leeds and School of Geography,University of Leeds,Leeds,LS2 9JT,United Kingdom
3.Research Centre for Intelligent Management and Innovation Development/Research Base for Shenzhen Municipal Policy & Development,Southern University of Science and Technology,Shenzhen,518000,China
4.College of Geomatics,Xian University of Science and Technology,Xian,710054,China
5.Key Laboratory of Urban Environment and Health,Institute of Urban Environment,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Xiamen,361021,China
6.Department of Environmental Engineering,University of Nottingham Ningbo China,Ningbo,315100,China
7.Department of Geography,Planning and Environment,East Carolina University,Greenville,A-227 Brewster Building,27858-4353,United States
8.School of Humanities,York St John University,York,YO31 7EX,United Kingdom
9.DIST,Politecnico and Università degli Studi di Torino,Turin,Viale Mattioli 39,10125,Italy
10.National Institute of Water and Atmosphere,NIWA,Christchurch,New Zealand
11.Department of Emergency Management,School of Government,Nanjing University,Nanjing,Shengda Building, 163 Xianlin Avenue,210023,China
12.State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System,Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,100101,China

Chan，F. K.S.,Wang，Zilin,Chen，Jiannan,et al. Selected global flood preparation and response lessons: implications for more resilient Chinese Cities[J]. Natural Hazards,2023,118(3):1767-1796.

Chan，F. K.S..,Wang，Zilin.,Chen，Jiannan.,Lu，Xiaohui.,Nafea，Taiseer.,...&Wang，Juanle.(2023).Selected global flood preparation and response lessons: implications for more resilient Chinese Cities.Natural Hazards,118(3),1767-1796.

Chan，F. K.S.,et al."Selected global flood preparation and response lessons: implications for more resilient Chinese Cities".Natural Hazards 118.3(2023):1767-1796.